Can anyone tell me what is the best, cheapest way to upgrade the sock rear brakes to hold more boost? I have heard of people doing things with the s-10 parts. I have no idea what year parts are beneficial or compatible or if there are better ways. Please help me!!!
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They have Larger rear brake cylinders http://www.gnttype.org/numbers/8687pn.html. I've check at autozone, cost is 11$. They hold more boost. This should be the cheapest route but also a good upgrade to the brake system.
Hope this helps, Take care
Hope this helps, Take care
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IME the S10 rear wheel cyl swap locks up teh rear tires in panic braking and wet road stops.
Dont do it IMO
Dont do it IMO
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If you convert to hydroboost youll have all the holding power you need plus some....
This is a link to the system I bought..
10-12 BOLT REAR DISC BRAKE WHEEL KIT (RWBK1012) - Performance Online
I looked at the Baer system for the rears and for $1300 they charge about $600 more than I put mine together for. The only difference that I could really see between the set I got and the Baer system was that they had the Bear E-brake cable setup for our cars is bolt-on. My set has the same PBR calipers, and drilled and slotted disks as the Baer Sport Track at a little over $600.
It made sense that for much less than the $600 I saved I can get the proper ebrake setup from some other vendor or at the very least fabricate something up that make my Fbody ebrake cables work.
Here is a pic of the Baer Rear brakes:
And mine:
10-12 BOLT REAR DISC BRAKE WHEEL KIT (RWBK1012) - Performance Online
I looked at the Baer system for the rears and for $1300 they charge about $600 more than I put mine together for. The only difference that I could really see between the set I got and the Baer system was that they had the Bear E-brake cable setup for our cars is bolt-on. My set has the same PBR calipers, and drilled and slotted disks as the Baer Sport Track at a little over $600.
It made sense that for much less than the $600 I saved I can get the proper ebrake setup from some other vendor or at the very least fabricate something up that make my Fbody ebrake cables work.
Here is a pic of the Baer Rear brakes:
And mine:
True, but......
normally everyone runs a larger rear tire, which will supply a little more traction and help to avoid lockup, I ran the S10 setup for yrs and never had a problem (but never in the rain)
so my suggestion? use caution, as with any modification.
oh and I'm not a fan of hydro boost, just my opinion.
normally everyone runs a larger rear tire, which will supply a little more traction and help to avoid lockup, I ran the S10 setup for yrs and never had a problem (but never in the rain)
so my suggestion? use caution, as with any modification.
oh and I'm not a fan of hydro boost, just my opinion.
thank you all for the responses. now i have alot to think about. i would love to go to 4 wheel disc. unfortunately this years budget is almost all used up already. i am going to look into the hydroboost. i have heard of it but don't know anything about it. will probably end up going the s-10 route. my stock break system has been trouble free.
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